Chapter 492 Five Crowns
The game restarted, and Manchester City, which was behind in the score, had no choice but to activate the team's offense by substitutions.
The Community Shield is the English League's Super Cup, but this event is different from the Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup. The intention of the warm-up match is very obvious, so the number of substitutions is not the usual three, but six.
Manchester City, which made three substitutions, continued to make targeted deployments in terms of personnel. Diaz, a young player born in 2000, replaced right back Danilo, and the formation changed from the original 433 to 343. Defenders Mendy, Laporte and Otamendi, midfielders David Silva, Fernandinho, Gundogan and Diaz, forwards Jesus, Aguero and Bernardo Silva.
Liverpool then followed suit with two substitutions. Feng Shui striker Origi replaced the goal hero Mane, and Klavan replaced Firmino. Liverpool's formation changed to 343.
Van Dijk, Matip and Klavan form the three central defenders, the four forwards are Robertson, Curtis Jones, Wijnaldum and Moreno, and Li Qing, Origi and Salah form the three forwards.
Although Liverpool withdrew Firmino and Mane, it seemed to strengthen the defense, but with Li Qing's position mentioned in the forward line, the offense became more and more threatening to Manchester City. Guardiola, who refused to admit defeat, frowned and looked at the court with deep eyes, obviously thinking about how to strengthen the offense without reducing the quality of defense.
After thinking for several minutes, he didn't think of a good way.
In fact, countless methods and tactics were thought of before the game, but the effect was very limited, to be precise, it was useless, otherwise the team would not have been able to score two goals in a row when Li Qing was on the court.
"We can only leave it to fate."
Guardiola sighed in his heart, very helpless, after all, players like Li Qing are phenomenal, two levels stronger than Messi and Ronaldo.
"aoaoaooaooaooaooooo——"
The Liverpool fans in the audience were as excited as children, and the cheers burst out one after another, like a tsunami.
Manchester City players played very hard, and even every player played at their best level. Unfortunately, Liverpool's defensive players played well, and through each other's defense and assistance, they did not leave any space for Manchester City players.
In addition, the defensive players were afraid of Li Qing, and did not provide enough support on the offensive end, so there was no way to bring direct threats to Alisson guarding the goal.
In the 69th minute, Allison intercepted David Silva's long shot, took a quick run, and threw the ball far away with his right arm. The audience shouted like a tsunami: "aooaoaooaooooo——"
The broadcast screen quickly caught up, and Li Qing chased the ball and bumped Laporte with his shoulder. Laporte staggered even though he did not fall to the ground, but he staggered and his steps were messy. It was impossible for him to catch up with Li Qing.
Li Qing's body balance ability was amazing under the huge reaction force. He stabilized his body in two or three steps and chased the ball.
A red lightning flashed across the court at high speed. Otamendi, who was defending, did not dare to move forward. Facing Li Qing who was holding the ball at an unreduced speed, he chose to fight and retreat conservatively.
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun raised his voice by two degrees and said in high spirits: "Otamendi is the only one left in front of Li Qing!"
Otamendi and Li Qing were getting closer and closer. He had a good sense of position and realized that the penalty area was behind him. His retreat suddenly stopped. At this moment, Li Qing lowered his right shoulder and flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot.
Otamendi's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about so much. He leaned his body weight to the left and stuck in Li Qing's forward dribbling route in advance.
However, he was depressed as soon as he made the move. Li Qing's raised right foot did not flick the ball, but made a feint. He used the huge reaction force brought by his right foot to stabilize his body and shift his center of gravity to the left, then lowered his left shoulder, raised his left foot, flicked the outside of his foot to the left, and accelerated from the opposite direction of Otamendi's body movement to complete the breakthrough.
"It's over."
Otamendi and head coach Guardiola thought of this word at the same time.
Goalkeeper Ederson did not play psychological tactics with Li Qing this time. He chose to be very safe and stood at the small penalty area line, waiting for Li Qing to arrive.
Li Qing dribbled the ball into the penalty area without looking up. He swung his left foot while running, and the instep of his foot hit the lower middle part of the football like a whip.
"Boom~"
The football rose from the ground like a cannonball, flying to the upper left corner of the goal with a crisp muffled sound.
Ederson, standing in the middle of the small penalty area line, only had time to shrink his pupils, tilt his neck, and follow the powerful football into the net...
"Goooooooooooooooooal——"
The iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray resounded throughout the live broadcast room again.
"The ball went in!"
He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, blurted out, ecstatic: "Incredible performance! Two goals and one assist as a substitute! The first football king of the new century is indeed worthy of his reputation! It is estimated that it will be difficult for Manchester City, led by Guardiola, to win the league championship in the new season."
"Li Qing's strength is too outstanding, just like our country's invincible table tennis, there is no opponent."
解说嘉宾龚磊话锋一转：“真的很难想象像李擎这样的顶级球员竟然能够保持如此高昂的荣耀饥饿感，联赛冠军、欧冠冠军、足总杯冠军、联赛杯冠军、社区盾冠军，就连四年一度的世界杯冠军都拿到手里，完全可以说无欲无求，也正是如此，我才更加欣赏李擎，他……太出色了！”
聚力TV解说员詹郡近乎疯狂的高呼：“替补登场第二球！利物浦领先曼城两球，真是名副其实的球场之王！新的2018-2019赛季英超联赛还没有拉开序幕，我相信……在很多球迷心目中已经有了结果！联赛三连冠，为什么不呢？”
取得进球的李擎依旧是那副很欠揍的表情，对进球缺乏应有尊重，也正是如此，无数热爱他的球迷是越来越爱。
如果是其他球员早就被喷出翔，而李擎是注定不会被喷，因为……喷的那人害怕被打脸。
In the restarted game, Manchester City had lost the determination to score a goal and played less aggressively. Liverpool, who were leading by two goals, continued to strengthen their defense and handed over the counterattack to Li Qing.
Time passed second by second, and the score on the scoreboard did not change until the end of the game.
4:2, Liverpool defeated Manchester City at the new Wembley Stadium and won the first championship before the start of the 2018-2019 season.
"The game is over! The game is over!"
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "This championship is Liverpool's fifth championship in 2018. If they can beat Atletico Madrid in the European Super Cup ten days later, then... Liverpool will be able to tie Guardiola's record of six championships in 2009!"
The Liverpool fans in the audience were in high spirits and burst into a huge shout like a tsunami: "aoaooaoaoooo——"
For them, the five-time champion is not unprecedented. In 2000, they won the Community Shield, League Cup, FA Cup, Europa League and European Super Cup.
Of course, these five titles cannot be compared with the five titles 18 years later, so the Liverpool fans in the audience are particularly happy. In 2018, Liverpool still has two titles to compete for, which means that they can achieve the unprecedented feat of seven titles!
Thinking of this possibility, cheers resounded through the sky!